Erdoğan says Turkey-Greece border treaty should be binned

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday that the treaty defining border relations between Greece and Turkey should be trashed, the Guardian reported.

In the first official visit to Greece by a Turkish head of state in 65 years, Erdoğan reportedly stoked tensions by disparaging the Lausanne Treaty, which defines boundaries between the two countries and the border between EU member Greece and non-member Turkey.

The Turkish president cited treatment of Muslims in Greece as evidence that the treaty is not being implemented fairly, to which Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos responded that the treaty "is non-negotiable," and "has no flaws, it does not need to be reviewed, or updated.”

During a tense back-and-forth between the two sides, Erdoğan also said Greece's admittance to NATO was thanks to Turkey's support.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras later tweeted that his government is committed to maintaining the "Greek-Turkish friendship" which must be based on "respect for international treaties."

We are committed in the Greek-Turkish friendship which can only be based on mutual respect, international law, respect for international treaties and the territorial integrity of the two countries. pic.twitter.com/kbpWeV0VTy

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Vishnou

Erdogan should shut up. To divide and rule is his motto. A retarded islamist Turkey doesn’t need.

Posted on 12/7/17 | 5:36 PM CET

Milton38

In this respect I must agree with Erdokhan.
Looking at the wealth of Greek antiquities in Turkey and the utter lack of the same from the Turks I would say that the Turks should hand back the whole of the area including Constantinople ( which the Greeks called Eistanpolin) to Greece.

Posted on 12/7/17 | 7:49 PM CET

cos

Erdogan is right
redefining borders and Turks should withdraw to Mongolia from where they came from